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C.M.LEMK E. HARNES$ SADDLE.

Patented June 26, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. LEMKE, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK A.POWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,185, dated June 26,1894.

Application filed July 28, 1893- Serial No. 481,770. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. LEMKE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State ofGeorgia, have made a certain new and useful Cart-Saddle; andI do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

This invention relates as above specified, to saddles for use as part ofa harness used for hitching to the ordinary dumping or twowheeled cart,the invention consisting of certain constructions hereinafter specified,and the novel parts will be fully set up in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of thedevice, showing same in the position when it is on the back of the draftanimal. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a. section on theline-33, Fig. 2, showing the interior arrangement and the sectionalcontour. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4:4, Fig. 2, showing thecontour and arrangement of parts'at that point. Fig. 5 is a detail ofthe hook-iron.

In the figures like reference marks indicate corresponding parts in allthe views.

1 is the main body-piece of the saddle, and is made of leather, formingtwo flaps, one on each side, as shown in Figs. 1- and 2; straps 2 beingsecured to the ends thereof, formingv means for the attachment of thegirth.

3 is thehook-iron whichis made of flat iron, bent in the form shown inFig. 5 and having hooks 4: formed on its end by drawing same down andbending it into the desired hookform. A staple 5 is set in the apex ortop portion thereof. This hook-iron 3 forms a stiffener for the saddleand holds it in the form in which it is adapted to fit best the back ofthe animal, the screw-threaded bolt 8 securing the rings 6 in placesecuring also the iron 3 in place, a bolt 7 co-operating therewith andpassing through the piece 1 and the stiffening bar 9, hereinafterdescribed. Cushionpads 10 are secured to the inner or bearing point ofthe flaps and may, in this construction, due to the stifieninghereinafter set up, be made as soft and pliable as desired, and of anysize and shape. v

In order that the saddle may retain its form under strain and afterconsiderable use, it is stiffened by the insertion between the pads 10and the flaps 1, of metallic bars 9 extending transversely of the flaps,and bolted and riveted thereto in the most preferable manner, their endsbeing bent down against the flaps 1 in such a manner as to remove themfrom all danger of abrading the contacting elements. In making thesaddle, these bars are bent to the form required to shape and hold thepads and flaps 1, and being, as before stated, secured to same, willhold them in any desired position, in addition to which,

the barsextending transversely of the girth or downward strain of theload on the saddle, will distribute the strain over the entire bearingsurface of the pad, making the saddle easy of wearing and preventing thesame from I rubbing the hide of the animal. With these bars, the saddlemay be made of lighter leather, and be as strong and durable, if notmore so even, than the ordinary construction.

This saddle may be made to conform to the back of any desired animal byapplying the force necessary to change the curvature of the hook-iron orthe stay-strips to the necessary extent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure'by Letters Patent of the United States,'is

A cart saddle consisting of the pads having leather backs sewed togetherat their upper ends, the hook iron further securing their upper endstogether rigidly and extending downwardly along the outer side of eachpad, and two bars secured to the leather back of each pad one near theupper and one near the lower end, lying transversely of the hook-ironextending to near the edges of the pad and bent to the curvature of theback of the animal,- substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

onAsfM. LEMKE.

